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I love my job in fitness! The energy, competition, and conversation bring me so much joy. So you might be wondering why I created my app, Sweat with Melissa, when I can’t be with you in person. With everything I do, you know I have a bunch of reasons, and the two biggest ones are […]

On Sundays, I lead a pace group for long runs – sometimes up to two hours – at a conversation pace. We have a lot of time to chat, and I often get asked about Pilates. For some reason, this week I started thinking about the perception of it, and that many people think Pilates […]

Have you thanked your feet lately? They are so important! They connect you to the ground and keep you moving forward, be it walking, running, or riding. Considering how much they do for us, we don’t really give them that much attention. Whenever I talk about feet during a class, someone admits that they never […]